Anyone have pictures of factory spare tire mounts? I don't have anything under my truck that would give any idea of the spare tire was mounted under the rear.

 

I'll take a pic for you when I get home if no one posts one up sooner.

 

This may help......Ben

 

ohh good call. mine was bolted in and rusted solid. Had to cut it out with a grinder. I am going the "spare tire winch" direction.

 

Mine is in the bed between the stacks......Ben

 

Other then the firewall bracket, I installed a complete 2nd Gen system on my truck, hoses and all. If I break down I can just order parts for a 2000 cummins truck and away I go.

 

Found spare tire carrier on an older model Chevy or GMC in a salvage yard. Sacreligious i know but it works!

 

I like it, and you are right about the dimming feature.

The only thing I would change is that there is some intense reflection at the bottom of both outer gauges. It reflects back on the clear plastic outer cover, and makes a halo effect. Not a big deal, really, but next time I disassemble the dash (I've had it apart at least 7 times over the last week), I may tone down the reflective tape at the very bottom of the gauges.

It's really nice being able to see my gauges at night. Thank you again, oh exalted one, Jim Lane.

 

Yesterday, after the 7th time removing my dash board to find the short in the dash lights, I remembered Jim Lane talking about these circuit board pins being press fit, and loosening up.

Well, dang nabbit, Uncle Cooter! He was right. Spent yesterday, soldering these pins (the 4 loose ones) back to being tight on the circuit board, and so far, no dash light failures. I know that these lead to the notification display lights, but again, so far, no light failures while driving as of yet.
Where oh where would we be without being able to "Jim Lane" something......

 

Got a quote for rust repair yesterday: driver's side rocker panel and outer portion of driver's floor, right front cab mount, and we discussed the crusty upper windshield frame below the drop rail.
That was fun.

 

The trip to the hospital for potential cardiac arrest when you saw the amount....???

 

One of the first things I did to my truck was to solder and polish ALL of those pins on the back of my instrument cluster PCB's. A little emery cloth applied to each pin helps a lot also.

Edwin

 

Ha! It isn't pretty! Really, I'd be foolish to get this one fixed especially when I could buy a rust free one with half the miles on it that mine has. But I know where mine has been and almost all of the nice trucks seem to be on the west coast
But it's an art that not many around here seem to practice these days. He gave me some numbers and estimated the time involved, which could be less or could be more. Labor rate is $75/hour.
Driver's side rocker and floor - 30 hours - Estimate: $2250
Windshield frame repair (upper, and associated replacement of the drip molding seems, etc - 30 hours. - Estimate $2250
He also gave me quotes on fitting the rust free fenders, the passenger side door and when I find one, driver's door, but I think I can handle those.

He also said that if I helped prep the truck by removing all the chrome, lights, grill, trim, etc before I brought it to him for painting he would use that as a basis for a paint quote.

He also said that we could do it in stages and he actually recommended that course of action.

All told, I probably would be into the truck for $10,000. I've had it since 2005 and only once has it ever had to be towed (fusible link failure), I drive it all the time and all issues are known.

 

Pics?

 

Someone tried stealing my truck , but I stopped him just in time.

Little, beady eye bastard almost got away. I stopped him with a Dunkin Donut old fashioned, and booted him out!